Off-grid wind energy
Wind energy straight to heating and cooling, without the power grid
Thermo Turbines couples a wind turbine directly to a heat pump. The turbine drives the heat pump, a water store evens out the wind, and the energy never passes through the electricity grid.
How it works
- WindMechanical energy
- Heat pumpDirectly coupled
- Water storageHot or chilled water is stored
- Heating or coolingFor the town or the data centre
Background
Today, wind energy takes the long way round
A wind turbine produces electricity and sends it out on the grid. A heating plant or data centre then buys the electricity back to run its heat pumps and chillers. Each pass through the grid costs time, money and grid capacity.
Thermo Turbines removes the detour. The turbine drives the heat pump directly, so the wind's energy goes straight into hot or chilled water.
Today
- Wind turbine
- Power grid
- Heat pump
- Heat or cooling
- Grid connection and waiting time
- Tariffs and levies
- Grid compliance requirements
With Thermo Turbines
- Wind turbine
- Heat pump
- Water storage
- Heat or cooling
- No grid connection
- No grid tariffs or levies on the power
- Fewer conversion steps
Two applications
One coupling, two ways to use the wind
For district heating plants
Wind to Heat
Wind energy goes directly into the heating network. A heat store evens out the wind, and the heat goes on to homes and industry.
Explore Wind to HeatFor data centres and central cooling
Wind to Cool
The heat pump process is reversed to produce cold. Chilled water is stored and used to cool servers around the clock, without adding load to the grid.
Explore Wind to CoolWhy off-grid
No grid, no grid requirements, with its own storage
- 1
Puts no load on the power grid
The energy goes directly from turbine to heat pump. No grid connection and no competition for capacity.
- 2
Energy is stored in water
Production and consumption are decoupled. The water store evens out variations in the wind.
- 3
No grid compliance requirements
The system is designed for off-grid operation. This can simplify the turbine and potentially reduce the capital cost.
- 4
Proven components
Known technology, combined in a new system architecture that has not been seen before.
- 5
No grid tariffs or levies
The energy never passes through the power grid, so grid tariffs and electricity tax on the power fall away.
- 6
Lower energy losses
The turbine drives the heat pump directly, with no conversion to electricity and back. Fewer steps mean fewer losses.
About us
A new company built on many years of practical experience in wind energy
Thermo Turbines is founded by Carsten Møller and William Møller. Carsten has worked with wind turbines for many years. He is the founder of D.I.S. and R&D Test Systems, among others, and brings both the technical insight and the experience of building a company from the ground up.
With Thermo Turbines he brings that experience into a new concept, in which the wind turbine delivers heat and cooling directly, entirely bypassing the power grid.
Known technology. New combination. Experienced people behind it.
Research and updates
Latest from Thermo Turbines
Off-grid wind heat for district heating plants
A wind turbine coupled directly to a heat pump, delivering heat to the district heating network through a heat store, with no connection to the power grid.
Read the conceptOff-grid wind cooling for data centres
The same coupling with the heat pump process reversed, so the wind produces chilled water for data centres and central cooling, without adding load to the grid.
Read the concept
Next step
We are looking for our first partners
Heating plants and data centres that want to join from the start, as pilot and technical sparring partner.
Contact us- Step 1No-obligation meeting
- Step 2Technical assessment of your site
- Step 3Pilot project